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The Survey module allows teacher to create surveys with rich set of question types.
The Survey module allows teacher to create surveys with rich set of question types and formats. Survey module can also be used with built in templates such as ATTLS, COLLES and Critical incidents.
 
Survey module can also be used with built in templates such as ATTLS, COLLES and Critical incidents.
 
==Introduction==
A survey can be delivered in a lot of different ways for a lot of different purposes, so there are many settings that allow you to tweak the survey according to your needs. A survey is composed by several "items", and each item can be of two types, "field" or "format". A "field" is where answer are given, such as a radio button, drop down menus or check boxes, "formats" are graphical elements, such as labels, page breaks, and fieldset.


===Relevant terms===
===Relevant terms===
From a general point of view a survey is composed by several "elements", and each element can be of two types, "question" or "format". A "question" is where users actually answers to the survey, such as radio buttons, drop down menus or check boxes, "formats" are graphical elements such as labels, page breaks and fieldsets.


* [[Survey_settings]]
The following image shows 4 element types, 1 "format" of type filedset (the frame surrounding the questions) and 3 "question" types (autofill, select, radio button)
* [[Using_Survey]]
* [[Survey_FAQ]]


The main features of the survey module are:
[[File:survey_elements.png]]


* question branching
* [[Rationale]]
* required fields
* [[Main features]]
* field level validation
* [[Survey settings]]
* capability based access to survey items
* [[Element types]]
* group permissions for users filling surveys form same or different organizations
* [[Templates]]
* pluggable question type
* [[Using Survey]]
* pluggable format elements
* [[Survey FAQ]]
* pluggable preset templates
* pluggable reports

Latest revision as of 10:29, 22 May 2013

The Survey module allows teacher to create surveys with rich set of question types and formats. Survey module can also be used with built in templates such as ATTLS, COLLES and Critical incidents.

Relevant terms

From a general point of view a survey is composed by several "elements", and each element can be of two types, "question" or "format". A "question" is where users actually answers to the survey, such as radio buttons, drop down menus or check boxes, "formats" are graphical elements such as labels, page breaks and fieldsets.

The following image shows 4 element types, 1 "format" of type filedset (the frame surrounding the questions) and 3 "question" types (autofill, select, radio button)

survey elements.png